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TV Ari Lennox Issues A Stern Clarification Of Her Viral "Martin" Criticism Ari Lennox voiced her frustration with how "Martin" handled jokes about the character, Pam, late last month. By Cole Blake August 11, 2025
Music Mack Maine’s Son Dies At 20 After Seizure In a heartfelt Instagram post, Mack Maine calls fatherhood "one of the greatest gifts" he's ever received. By Caroline Fisher July 28, 2025
Politics Azealia Banks Has A Shocking Defense For Donald Trump's Alleged Role In Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Donald Trump has been coming under fire for his failure to release files connected to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Kodak Black Claims He’ll Never Sign Another Artist During Heated Rant Recently, Kodak Black hopped online to vent about some of the issues he's run into since launching his Sniper Gang label. By Caroline Fisher July 23, 2025
Sports YesJulz Hopes She Doesn't Get Roped Into Drake & LeBron James' Beef YesJulz's name has been tied to LeBron James for years and she prays that Drake doesn't decide to spread any more narratives. By Zachary Horvath July 22, 2025
Music Key Glock Wants The Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef Talk To End Key Glock released his major label debut album, Glockevli with hit songs "Blue Devil," "She Ready" and "The Grinch." By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 29, 2025
Music Salt-N-Pepa Furthers UMG's Legal Woes With New Copyright Lawsuit Salt-N-Pepa's complaint against Universal Music Group comes as Drake is already suing the company for defamation. By Cole Blake May 20, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Disses Kendrick Lamar As Ray Vaughn Reveals It Was K. Dot Who Put Out The Hit Joey Bada$$ has been egging on Kendrick Lamar to join in on his battle with the West Coast, while Ray Vaughn remains hungry to prove himself. By Zachary Horvath May 20, 2025
Music Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR's "Some Sexy Songs 4 U" Surpasses Staggering Sales Milestone Even though Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR's "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" has only been out for three months, it might as well be three seasons. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music SZA Makes A Fan's Day With Free Tickets & Shout-Out After Meeting Thousands At The Pop-Up SZA received a surprise visit by Kendrick Lamar at her latest Not Beauty Pop-Up to meet-and-greet fans ahead of GNX concert. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 15, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Lays Out Harsh Reality For DDG As "Blame The Chat" Suffers Dismal Sales Despite DDG having a stacked roster for "Blame The Chat," the album created on his streams has not seen much success. By Zachary Horvath May 12, 2025
TV Bambi Puts Lil Scrappy On Blast For Calling Her A "Baby Mama" She put him in his place. By Elias Andrews January 15, 2025